Calendar: Week of June 4
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar:
On Monday, sex counselor and broadcaster Ruth Westheimer celebrates her 90th birthday.
Tuesday is World Environment Day, with “Beat Plastic Pollution” as this year’s theme.
Wednesday marks the 74th anniversary of the Allies’ D-Day invasion of northern France.
- 74th anniversary of D-Day Commemoration at the National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, Va., June 6, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
- D-Day Participant Identification Program
- WWII D-Day invasion of Normandy remembered, 72 years later (CBS Ness, 06/06/16)
- WWII vet brings D-Day to life for new generation (“CBS Evening News,” 06/04/14)
- Survivor recalls disastrous D-Day rehearsal (“CBS Evening News,” 06/03/14)
- Exercise Tiger Memorial Website
- From the archives: Eisenhower recalls sacrifices of D-Day, 20 years later
- Bedford Boys’ D-Day loss still casts shadow in Virginia town (“CBS This Morning,” 06/06/14)
- Gallery: D-Day: Standing on the footprint of history
On Thursday, President Trump welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House.
Friday is Day One for the G-7 Summit of Western leaders in Quebec, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
And Saturday brings the annual Trooping The Colour ceremony in London – the official celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 92nd birthday (which actually fell on April 21).
To watch an edited recording of the BBC’s coverage of the 2016 Trooping the Colour ceremony click on the video player below.
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